BlueYonder

APRIL 24, 2023

ICON 2023 , the annual Blue Yonder customer conference held May 2-5, 2023, in Las Vegas, will address the most pressing challenges facing supply chain professionals today. After all, consider the huge volumes of data that impact the modern manufacturing supply chain, which spans thousands of miles and involves multiple supplier tiers.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 17, 2022

A combo of pandemic-related increased demand, and the tragic destruction of a key chlorine manufacturer have led to 2022’s swimming pool chlorine shortage. According to a Las Vegas pool operator, chlorine costs hovered between $75 and $85 over the last two decades before more than doubling throughout 2021. Image Source: Nola.

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Stord

MAY 29, 2024

This information can be invaluable when communicating with your manufacturers and improving your overall product handling process. Atlanta, North Haven, Reno, Las Vegas, Dallas, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Washington, Vancouver and Toronto are gorgeous this time of year. So what are you waiting for?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Last week in Las Vegas, Oracle had its first in person CloudWorld in three years. The demo focused on manufacturing execution. Larry Ellison on Stage at Oracle CloudWorld. This provided a good chance to get reacquainted with the company and what they have been up to for the past few years. This demo’d beautifully.

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QAD

AUGUST 3, 2021

For food and beverage manufacturers, the response is one of relief if it’s not your product, or utter terror if it is. How can food and beverage processors and manufacturers become better prepared to prevent potential safety issues and comply with future changes to regulations? Minimizing Recalls with an Adaptive ERP.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 9, 2023

As such, the Reverse Logistics Association (RLA) will shine the light on six of these firms in RLA’s annual conference in Las Vegas, Feb 7-9 , in its inaugural Reverse Logistics Startup Pitch Contest. Join us in Vegas There’s still time to join us in Las Vegas for RLA’s annual conference.

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QAD

MARCH 3, 2020

Did you know that the first video slot machines were developed by a Las Vegas-based company in 1976? The machines, which were later approved and commissioned all along the Las Vegas Strip, were first tested at the former Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, which is now The Westgate Hotel. See you in Las Vegas!

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BlueYonder

APRIL 28, 2014

JDA FOCUS 2014 kicked off today in earnest from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with JDA CEO Hamish Brewer’s General Session Keynote highlighting the day’s activities. Brewer started off his keynote by reminding the crowd: You know that saying, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?

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QAD

JUNE 27, 2019

The city of New Orleans played quite the host this year to our growing community of manufacturers for our largest annual customer conference, Explore. We worked together to educate our customers on the disruptors affecting our industry, including XaaS , Digital Transformation of Manufacturing and Make to Order at Scale.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Leveraging advanced technology and best practices, we’re making it possible for our customers to fulfill purchases instantly, manufacture just-in-time, and adjust supply in response to global events – faster and at scale.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The solution is built to recognize and react to critical characteristics across industries, from the ability to process various product attributes, support omni-channel commerce fulfillment, balance shelf life and productivity for perishables for retailers, or navigate complex regulatory requirements for manufacturers. In Charles A.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

One Year Later- Added Functionality In conjunction with this year’s annual 2023 Amazon AWS re:Invent conference held in Las Vegas , additional strategic announcements came forth including added capabilities being planned for the Amazon AWS Supply Chain platform.

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Elementum

JUNE 5, 2020

When their salads and dressings became more famous than their steaks, they transitioned into a food manufacturer that has grown to a $1B+ business. With no plants overseas, Ken’s Foods was spared the early supply chain ripple effect related to COVID-19 in Asia and Europe.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 26, 2017

FOCUS 2017, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, got started in a big way on Tuesday (April 24). Divided into a series of “villages,” the Delivery Zone features innovative products and ideas around retail, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and community. But it wasn’t all just business.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Explore 2020 is right around the corner—less than three months until QAD’s premier customer conference convenes in Las Vegas. See you in Las Vegas! Learn how QAD’s extended solutions let you respond quickly and effectively to dynamic demand and product variations while eliminating waste and improving process flow.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. the company is owned today by 20 organizations representing manufacturers, distributors, hospitals and group purchasing organizations (GPOs).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

It was far a cry from the neon and glitzy hotels of Las Vegas where I am often speaking. With the purchase of i2 by JDA, and Logictools by IBM, manufacturing companies serious about network design started looking for a company, with a well-established community, that was more serious about network design. The theatre was packed.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 5, 2023

It’s been a month since we were in Las Vegas for ICON 2023. Host: What advice would you give to leaders in manufacturing, retail, and logistics as they start settling back into their day jobs after ICON? You can watch their Blue Yonder Live conversation here. Host: Please share your insights into ICON 2023.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 6, 2023

Join us in Las Vegas May 2-5 for three days of awesome content, networking and discussion around the burning trends in the industry. Derek: There will be three industry tracks to choose from: retail, manufacturing and logistics. Bryant: What is ICON 2023 and where is it this year?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2024

Several electric semi-truck manufacturers have emerged in recent years, offering different models and specifications of zero-emission vehicles. Some of the notable electric semi-truck manufacturers are: Tesla unveiled its Tesla Semi in 2017 and started production in 2021.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 26, 2017

FOCUS 2017, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, got started in a big way on Tuesday (April 24). Divided into a series of “villages,” the Delivery Zone features innovative products and ideas around retail, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and community. But it wasn’t all just business.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

However, it was not enough to dampen the spirits of attendees who again packed the General Session to hear Razat Gaurav, JDA SVP, International, explore how multiple retail channels have changed retail and manufacturing supply chains everywhere.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 11, 2013

Last week, I attended the SAS Analyst Day at Steamboat Springs and the Logistics and SCM 2013 event in Las Vegas. Manufacturers are not dealing with petabytes of data yet, and unstructured data is largely underused. Now an Eye on Serving Manufacturing Industries. Here I share my insights. I find this exciting.

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Logility

MAY 10, 2018

At the Informs Business Analytics Conference in Las Vegas last year, I spoke about the potential to enable S&OP / IBP through advanced analytics. However, is there enough manufacturing and distribution capacity to handle the increase in volume? However, how do we get to this transformed state from where we are today?

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Arena Solutions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Jeremy spent the last eight years as a Configuration Analyst and worked closely with the engineering and manufacturing teams. Caesars Palace Sports Book implemented our product in its redesigned venue on the Las Vegas Strip. This led to errors during the manufacturing process in some cases. Jeremy: Yes.

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QAD

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Join our growing community of agile, effective manufacturers and share your unique perspective with industry peers, ERP specialists and subject matter experts! We’re looking for engaging presenters to help lead the conversation at Explore and shed light on topics that resonate most with our manufacturer audience. See You in Las Vegas!

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QAD

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Manufacturers around the world are facing an existential crisis. And just when you thought it couldn’t get more complicated, Big Data, IoT, Blockchain and other advanced technologies have entered the space with the potential to become integral elements in the manufacturing industry. Welcome to Explore.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

Since a modern business is shifting from manufacturing to service, this article will provide a review of literature and a case study of the company at a forefront of the service supply chain frontier. When vendors fly to visit our offices in Las Vegas, they are greeted at the airport by one of our Zappos shuttles.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2016

On Wednesday Hyperloop One (one of several companies, including Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , focused on bringing this idea to life) conducted a test of its propulsion system in North Las Vegas. What could the industry achieve if manufacturers and retailers actually “walked the talk” on collaboration?

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Speaking at a recent event in Las Vegas, Patton said, “ This business model is hurting to a degree where my company individually has to see change from FedEx Ground,” according to reporting from SupplyChainDive. 803 billion U.S. Grocery Industry Remains Reluctant to Adopt Automation.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Song of the Week: “Heaven or Las Vegas” by Cocteau Twins. Well, the ink is barely dry on the Final Rule for electronic logging devices (ELDs) and already a lawsuit has been filed. Allow me to elaborate for him by pointing you to my post from earlier this year, Procuring Logistics Services is Not the Same as Buying Paper Clips.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 26, 2014

To oversimplify a bit, in this initiative, the retailers and manufacturers compared their own forecasts and worked to come up with a consensus forecast. This can blow back and change the shipment plan between the manufacturers’ and retailers’ distribution centers (DCs). The JDA Flowcasting solution changes this.

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QAD

JANUARY 16, 2024

Do we have alarms that go off when a vehicle is driven to Las Vegas for the weekend (assuming Las Vegas is out of the territory)? How many steps are there between manufacturing cells on a plant floor? Manufacturing data holds the key to understanding and improving processes on the plant floor.

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AFFLINK

MAY 17, 2017

At the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, for example, inventory management is designed to monitor usage and communicate with internal and external consumers, using a 72-hour forecasting system. Green supply chain optimization helps businesses improve the sustainability of their procurement manufacturing and distribution.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 31, 2018

That pipe is manufactured almost entirely of imported steel. Outbound markets with double-digit price increases included Jacksonville, FL, Roanoke, VA and Las Vegas. Las Vegas to Los Angeles jumped 64¢ to $4.93/mile. Flatbed pricing remains volatile though, with large swings in both directions. Hot Markets.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Workers sorted units by model and year of manufacture. “Home Depot and Lowe’s let you return dead plants, for a year.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2017

It’s now possible for category managers to not only create customer-centric planograms, but to also unite retailers and manufacturers together in the planning process for more granular, localized assortments every time. Getting merchandise assortments right the first time is crucial to shopper satisfaction, as well as profitability.

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